| Official Name: | Alguazas |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Spain Murcia#Spain |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Murcia##Location in Spain |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | A. community |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
| Subdivision Name3: | Vega Media del Segura |
| Area Total Km2: | 23.74 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | José Antonio Fernández Lladó |
| Elevation M: | 86 |
| Population Demonym: | Alguaceños |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
Alguazas (pronounced as /es/) is a municipality of Spain in the autonomous community and province of Murcia and it is located in the south-west of the northeastern quarter.[1]
The inhabitants are distributed in the following localities: Alguazas, which is located in the southeastern quarter and had a population of 9,108 in 2020; Las Pullas, which occurs in the north and was inhabited by 137 people; El Paraje, which occurs in the south-east and was home to 183 people; Lo Campoo, which population consisted of 48; El Colmenar, where 8 people lived; Los Pardos, which had a population of 109; and Torre Los Frailes, which was inhabited by 64 people.[2] [3]
13.728% inhabitants are foreigners – 2.018% come from other country of Europe, 9.03% are Africans, 2.32% are Americans and 0.297 are Asians.[4] The table below shows the population trends in the 20th and 21st centuries:[5]
| Population | 2,579 | 2,910 | 3,169 | 3,349 | 4,063 | 4,226 | 5,079 | 4,886 | 5,782 | 6,931 | 7,068 | 8,177 | 9,288 | 9,613 |
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31.8% surface is utilised for crop grow purposes[6] and the most widely grown products are the lemons, the peaches, the apricots and the tangerines.[7] 17.21% agreements were written for jobs in the agriculture and fishing sectors, 41.26% agreements emerged for jobs in the services sector, 36.649% were written for jobs in the industry sector in 2019[8] and 47.74% agreements were signed by labourers in manufacture industries in the first half of 2016.[9]
A consultorio (primary care centre with the fewest functions) and a centro de salud (primary care centre) are located in the main town and another consultorio is placed in El Paraje.[10]
An early childhood and primary education centre (CEIP), a primary and secondary education centre and a secondary education centre (IES) occur in the main town.[11]